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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Surbiton 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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Report on the Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
in connection with Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces
and Homework.
1. INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 9 | 1 | Nil. |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 88 | 9 | ,, |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in part III. of this Report) | 3 | 2 | „ |
| Total | 100 | 12 | ,, |
2. DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspect'i | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts: Want of Cleanlinesss | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Want of Ventilation | ||||
| Overcrowding | ||||
| Want of drainage of floors | ||||
| Other Nuisances | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| Sanitary accommodation Insufficient | 9 | |||
| Unsuitable or defective | 12 | 12 | - | - |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— Illegal occupation of underground Bakehouse (s. 101) | ||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) Other Offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part III. of this Report) | ||||
| Total | 21 | 18 | Nil. | Nil. |